Silo.



R. H. QUICK.

SILO.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, I915- Patented July 10; 1917. 2 SHEETS-SHEETI R. H, QUICK.

SILO.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12. 1915.

Lfi fifla I Patented July 10, 1917.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

' I/VVE/I/TOR ROSCOE H. QUICK, OF FIATI, ILLINOIS.

SILO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1917.

Application filed November 12, 1915. Serial No. 61,013.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Rosoon H. QUICK, residing at Fiatt, in the county ofFulton and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Silos, of which the following is a specification.

This invention primarily has for its object to provide an improvedconstruction of silo, whose parts are cooperatively so arranged wherebythe same may be quickly and conveniently set up for use and maintainedin a strong, durable and air-tight condition.

With other objects in view that will hereinafter appear, my inventionconsists in the peculiar construction and novel arrangement of parts,all of which will be hereinafter fully described, specifically pointedout in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, several of thetop or cap sections being shown at the open position for ventilating thesilo.

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the front of thesilo and illustrating the manner in which the door sections are put intotheir locked position.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the silo taken substantially on theline 3-3 on Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the lower sectional clamp rim,several of the staves being shown as held thereon.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the upper sectionalbearing ring, the hinge brackets to which the top sections are hingedbeing shown as formed integral with the sections of the said ring, oneof the top sections also being shown.

Fig. 6 is a cross section of the upper end of the silo, the sectionaltop members being shown at their down or closed position.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section on the line 77 of Fig.2.

Fig. 8 is a detail view on an enlarged scale showing the connections ofthe stay rods to the top ring.

Fig. 9 is a detail vlew showing one means for clamping the stay rods tothe cross bands.

In constructing my improved silo, a lowe clamping rim 1 is providedwhich may be of solid concrete or wood, but" preferably of metal formedof a series of segments having hinged lapped ends secured together as at11 to form a continuous ring rim where the sections are joined together,as shown.

2 designates an upper clamping rim which may be of wood, but ispreferably of metal and the said rim is also formed of segments that arejoined, as at 20, to form a continuous ring rim and the said upper rimhas vertical flanges 21 that form the guideway m for the upper ends of aseries of staves 3 that form the silo body and whose lower ends engagethe guideway Y formed by the vertical flanges 1l11 on the lower rim 1,as shown.

The opposite ends of the row of staves that form the silo body areseparated to forma doorway 4 that extends continuously from the top tothe bottom of the silo body.

5--5 designate angle iron uprights that extend the full height of thesilo body, the opposing inner edges 5050 of which engage the'edges ofthe oppositely disposed separated staves and in connection therewithform the door frame.

66 designate spreader rods which at suitable intervals engage theopposite uprights 55, their outer threaded ends passing throughapertures 5151 in the upright edges 5050, and the said threaded endscarry clamp nuts 5252 that engage the inner side of the members 50 ofthe uprights 5, it being understood thesaid rods act as spreaders toforce the; staves tightly together, making an airtight silo body andkeeping the same tight, without the necessity of drawing up the stayhoops or bands 7.

The hoops or bands 77 are spaced apart according to the dimensions ofthe silo and when properly applied are of the same diameter as the outeredge of the guide grooves m z in the upper and lower rim members to thusform a perfectly round silo that can not be drawn or twisted out ofshape.

Hoops or bands 77 pass through apertures 54 in the inner edges 50-50 ofthe door uprights 5-5, their ends being joined by clamp plates 70 andnuts 7 2, and the said hoops are also secured by suitableclamp 7 3 toone or more of a series of vertical stay rods 8, whose upper ends areconnected to the upper clamp rim. in the manner best shown in Fig. 8 andwhose lower ends are threaded asat 80 to receive the draw nuts 81 thatengage bracket members 82 attached to the lower clamp rim as shown.

The roof or top of my silo is composed of a series of triangular shapedsections 9, each of which is hingedly connected to the clamping rim,with its base end projected over the outside of the silo body, as isclearly shown in Fig. 1, by reference to which it will be also noticedeach section 9 has a pendent rib or flange 91 at the opposite edges thatextend from the point to near the base of the section and to the innerend of each flange 91 is secured a metal stub shank or plate 9292.Shanks 9292 are pivotally mounted on the oppositely disposed sets ofmetal brackets 1212 which are preferably cast integral with theirrespective section portions of the upper rim, as shown, or they may beseparate members bolted onto the said upper rim.

Each bracket 12 has one or more cross apertures 12 in advance of theirpivot aperture, to receive a bolt or pin 13, for locking the triangularsections to their open or upright position, see Fig. 5.

The uniform roof sections, which may be of wood or metal, when closedform a coneshaped top and for holding the sections in the proper closerelation one of such sections is provided with a metal cone shaped seat14 on which the upper ends of the other sections rest when the roof isclosed, and the said upper ends are held firmly seated by a metalconical cap piece 15 on one of the other sections.

In my construction of silo one or more of the top sections are swung upto the open position and held to such position for ventilating the silowhen filled, or for allowing the ensilage to be put in, by a pneumaticchute or other elevating means, it being also clear that by making theroof or top of the shape shown, the capacity of the silo iscorrespondingly increased.

Furthermore in my construction of silo, the several door sections arerequired to be successively removed from the top to the bottom whenunloading the silo and to provide for a quick and convenient applyingand removal of the said door sections each section consists of a bodyportion 16 of a width suflicient to extend across the doorway and bearagainst the inner face of the edges of the door.

Cleats 17 are attached to the body 16 that fit against the edges 50 ofthe uprights 5 and the said cleats each have a stepped verticallydisposed bracket 18 that form locking members that coact with a pair ofspring steel bars 19-19 pivotally secured at the inner ends to the frontof the door section and to swing into the stepped brackets 18 and overthe outer face of the uprights 5 and thereby hold the said door sectionslocked practically air-tight over the door opening, it being apparentthat to remove the said sections one from the top, of the next lowersection, it is only necessary to swing up the metal locking bars 19, asindicated in Fig. 2.

By reason of providing the doorway with the spreader rods and thelocking bars as shown, the said rods and bars may also serve as ladderrungs.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings,the complete construction, the manner in which my silo is used and theadvantages of its construction will be readily apparent.

Slight changes or modifications in the construction shown and describedmay be made without departing from my invention as set forth in theappended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a silo, a base flange member composed of segments, said segmentshaving lapping portions at their ends, means securing said segmentstogether through said lapping portions, said segments having an nularflanges to form a continuous groove, a sectional top ring having flangesto form a continuous groove, a body portion formed of staves havingtheir ends seated in the grooves of the bottom and top flanges, vertical stay rods connecting the base and top flanges together, horizontaltie rods embracing said staves, said top flange having bracket portions,roof forming segments hinged to said bracket portions, said body havinga continuous doorway from the top to the bottom, a plurality ofsuperimposed door sections removably secured in said doorway, and meansfor reinforcing said staves along said doorway, the latter meansincluding spreader elements in said doorway.

2. In a silo, a base flange member composed of segments, said segmentshaving lapping portions at their ends, means securing said segmentstogether through said lapping portions, said segments having annularflanges to form a continuous groove, a sectional top ring having flangesto form a continuous groove, a body portion formed of staves havingtheir endsseated in the grooves of the bottom and top flanges, verticalstay rods connecting the base and top flanges together, horizontal tierods embracing said staves, said top flange having bracket portions,roof forming segments hinged to said bracket portions, said body havinga continuous doorway from the top to the bottom, a plurality ofsuperimposed door sections removably secured in said doorway, means forreinforcing said staves along said doorway, the latter means includingangle uprights at the sides of said doorway, said angle uprights beingapertured to permit passage of said 'tie rods and spreader elementsextending between said angle uprights and secured to the same.

3. In a silo, a base member and a top member, said members havingopposing annular grooves, a body composed of staves whose 1 upper andlower ends are edgewise slidable in the said opposing annular grooves,the said body having a doorway that extends from the top to the bottomthereof, angle iron uprights on the adjacent opposite edges of thedoorway, spreader devices cooperating with the said angled iron uprightsfor forcing the staves edgewise into an air-tight relation, verticalstay rods that join the opposing base and top members, a plurality ofbands that embrace the staves that form the body, and means for clampingthe bands to, at least one of the upright stay rods, door sections insuperimposed relation mounted in the doorway, each section being indi-Gopies of this patent may be obtained for vidually removable, andadjustable means mounted upon each door section for locking the saidsections in place.

4. The combination with the upper edge of a silo body, the said edgeincluding a top ring formed of segmental members, and means for securingthe said members end to end; of a series of top sections, one of saidsections for and hingedly connected to the respective segmental membersof the ring, and other means cooperating with the segmental members andthe hinged ends of the top sections for holding the said sections totheir open or ventilating osition.

ROSCOE H. gUICK.

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